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Arabia condemns twin suicide attacks in Kirkuk

Date: 2017-11-05 21:40:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:7076441

RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) – The Saudi Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday the twin suicide attacks that hit central Kirkuk in northern Iraq. The attacks, that targeted a Shi'ite Muslim mosque on Atlas Street in central Kirkuk, left 5 dead and 20 ....

Saudi Arabia offers financial rewards for information leading to 40 Houthi leaders' arrest

Date: 2017-11-05 21:36:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:7076435

RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia announced a list of 40 names of leaders and elements responsible for planning, executing and supporting terrorist activities by the Houthi terrorist group, as well as financial rewards for any information leading ....

Daesh leader flees to Syria

Date: 2017-11-05 21:33:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:7076422

BAGHDAD, Nov 5 (MENA) – Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader of Daesh terrorist group, has fled from Iraq’s Rawa district to Syria, an intelligence source from Anbar province revealed Sunday. In a statement, carried by the Iraqi News Agency, the ....

France warns of ballistic proliferation after Houthis target Riyadh

Date: 2017-11-05 21:10:21 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:7076429

PARIS, Nov 5 (MENA) - France's foreign minister said that a ballistic missile strike by Yemeni Houthi rebels targeting Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh showed that there was a danger of wider ballistic proliferation across the region, The New York ....

Libyan official: Foreign engineers kidnapped on Ubari-Ghat highway

Date: 2017-11-05 21:09:11 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:7076417

TRIPOLI, Nov 5 (MENA) - The four foreign engineers, who were kidnapped in southern Libya on Friday, were seized on the highway linking Ubari and Ghat, a security official said Sunday. The engineers, who are working for the Turkish construction ....

Bashir calls Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal “victory” for Palestinians

Date: 2017-11-05 21:04:06 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:7076399

KHARTOUM, Nov 5 (MENA) – Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir on Sunday welcomed the Cairo-brokered reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas factions and described it as a victory for the Palestinian people and the Arab nation. He made the ....

Helicopter carrying several officials crashes in Saudi Arabia's Asir area

Date: 2017-11-05 20:50:47 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:7076428

RIYADH, Nov 5 (MENA) - A helicopter carrying senior government officials crashed in Asir Region in southwest Saudi Arabia on Sunday, Al Arabiya news channel reported. Deputy Governor of Asir Prince Mansour bin Muqrin is among the dead. No ....

Jordanian King receives phone call from Lebanese president

Date: 2017-11-05 20:31:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:7076404

AMMAN, Nov 5 (MENA) - Jordan's King Abdullah II received a telephone call from Lebanese President Michel Aoun in which they discussed relations between the two countries and developments in the region, Petra news agency reported Sunday. The King ....

Israel: Bodies of 5 Gaza militants found in destroyed tunnel

Date: 2017-11-05 20:29:52 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:88 - ID:7076405

GAZA CITY, Nov 5 (MENA) - The Israeli military said it has recovered the bodies of five Palestinian militants killed after it destroyed a tunnel leading from Gaza into Israeli territory. Israel detonated the tunnel inside its territory last week ....

Palestine: Netanyahu is negotiating with himself, continue violations against Palestinians

Date: 2017-11-05 17:24:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:7076037

RAMALLAH, Nov 5 (MENA) – Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned on Sunday Israeli occupation and measures committed against Palestinians in al Quds city. In a press release, the ministry saud that the Israeli measures reflect Israeli Prime ....